This isn't a game (yet) but it can be fun. Use left/right arrow keys to strum and number keys 1-8 to change chords. You can also edit the chords manually. I have a version working with a Wii Gutiar Hero controller that I may release soon once I get the handling a bit more stable and hate-mail filters installed.

Incidentally, I posted this on an Auido Forum and someone left this comment:

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Nice job! Within about 4 minutes I was sounding like my 14 yr old self trying to bang out the Kinks' Lola (key of E)... on a guitar!

Cool.. Yeah thats fun and well implemented. Impressive. Managed to get some of my fav songs sounding reasonable. Is there any way to go up an octave?Got the same message in console, but I get sound so not sure thats related...

You can change any of the hot key chords to anything you like, just change the fingering for the currently selected chord. Also you can change the tuning of the guitar (top right).

Can you record the music you make on it? Rather than making a game you should make a sound recording program so people can easily make music for their games.

I was actually thinking about doing that. I have done a bunch of lightweight pure Java software synthesizers so far and was thinking of making a simple Mario-Paint-esq (but a bit more advanced) music tool for games. If you want to try some others click below:

This isn't a game (yet) but it can be fun. Use left/right arrow keys to strum and number keys 1-8 to change chords. You can also edit the chords manually. I have a version working with a Wii Gutiar Hero controller that I may release soon once I get the handling a bit more stable and hate-mail filters installed.

This is great!!!

Some suggestions:

- Allow up-strumming always, so the bidirectional strumming is easier- Spread playback over at least two channels, so that the last chord doesn't break up when changing chords- Consider multikey "gestures". So we can configure something like: - Additionally pressed Up and Down arrows modify chord type (maybe betwen maj and min) - Additionally pressed Keypad-0 pitches the chord up by an octave (or quinte or whatever) - Additionally pressed CTRL damps the tone - Or using the first 4 numbers only, but in binary encoding to select 64 combinations of chords and chord types - Other switchable effects could be half strumming speed, arpeggio ...- Consider a midi-out to allow us to wire gtr or guitar rig

I tend to strum down alot and just hit a few strings on the way up (when playing an actual guitar) so that's why I made it work that way, but enough people have commented that I will change it.

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- Spread playback over at least two channels, so that the last chord doesn't break up when changing chords

I wanted to simulate a real guitar so it doesn't make sense to have multiple channels. When you change chords I mute the strings slightly and set them to open for a fraction of a second but it still needs a bit of work to sound natural.

Something just occurred to me, cylab do play the guitar? Seems there is a bit of overlap between guitarists and game developers for some reason. I know Kev Glass plays a bit (according to his website).

I tend to strum down alot and just hit a few strings on the way up (when playing an actual guitar) so that's why I made it work that way, but enough people have commented that I will change it.I wanted to simulate a real guitar so it doesn't make sense to have multiple channels. When you change chords I mute the strings slightly and set them to open for a fraction of a second but it still needs a bit of work to sound natural.

Yeah I could have expression keys to modify the chord, good idea. I was actually thinking about a modifer key to switch to power chord versions.Don't you mean 16 combinations (2^4)? The guitar hero controller has 5 buttons so you can get 32 chords without paging them (more than many guitarists know I'd wager).

My bad, did my comment after a birthday party, so I wasn't quite sober

Something just occurred to me, cylab do play the guitar? Seems there is a bit of overlap between guitarists and game developers for some reason. I know Kev Glass plays a bit (according to his website).

Not really a guitarist. I only know some basic chords but I try to be a drummer I think there is a quite an overlap between (game) developers and musicians in general.

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